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To understand our roles in God's global mission, we first need to understand that mission. In this article, author Paul Borthwick shares eight ways that John 3:16 describes the missionary heart of God so that we can find our place as missionaries and disciples in God's kingdom.
PaperbackClosing the Window
Steps to Living Porn Free
by Tim Chester
Pornography is everywhere. Far too many Christians regularly use and are addicted to it, warping their perception of sexuality and relationships, destroying marriages and ministries. But Christians who struggle with porn also long for change. Whenwe realize the unfulfilling emptiness of porn, we come to yearn for freedom from it. But what do we do?Tim Chester says that we can be captured by a better ...
PaperbackWhen God Interrupts
Finding New Life Through Unwanted Change
by M. Craig Barnes
Our lives are constantly changing. It's hard to keep up, to keep our balance. It's hard to keep trusting in God. And it's especially difficult when the changes we're faced with are unwanted: the death of a loved one, a child leaving home, an illness, a frustrated dream.Craig Barnes knows the dark side of change. As a pastor, he has counseled many Christians through tough times of transition. And ...
PaperbackThe Intimate Mystery
Creating Strength and Beauty in Your Marriage
by Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III
Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III have together written this brief, simple and charming introduction to help couples build healthy and happy marriages. Their model follows the "leave, weave and cleave" imagery of the Bible: leave your parents, weave a life together and cleave to each other.This book is part of a kit that includes everything needed to mentor individual married couples or to ...
PaperbackKnowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament
Knowing God Through the Old Testament Set
by Christopher J. H. Wright
We tend to think of the Holy Spirit as the straggler of the Trinity, a latecomer in God's interaction with the world. But our first introduction to the Holy Spirit is not the drama of Pentecost in the second chapter of Acts. We first meet the HolySpirit in the second verse of the Bible, hovering there, speaking the world into existence.
Christopher Wright begins here and traces the Holy Spirit ...
PaperbackPossessed by God
A New Testament theology of sanctification and holiness
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by David G. Peterson
Series edited by D. A. CarsonIn this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, David Peterson challenges the common assumption that the New Testament views sanctification as primarily a process. He argues that its emphasis falls upon sanctification as a definitive event, "God's way of taking possession of us in Christ, setting us apart to belong to him and to fulfill his purpose for us." Simply to identify sanctification with ...
PaperbackSlave of Christ
A New Testament Metaphor for Total Devotion to Christ
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Murray J. Harris
Series edited by D. A. CarsonThe New Testament finds many ways to depict the relationship of Christians and their Lord. They are his disciples, sons, daughters and friends. But it is perhaps too little recognized that they are also his slaves.In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Murray J. Harris sets out to uncover what it means to be a slave of Christ. He begins by assessing the nature of actual slavery in the ...
PaperbackGod in Himself
Scripture, Metaphysics, and the Task of Christian Theology
Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture
by Steven J. Duby
Series edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Daniel J. TreierHow do we know God? Can we know God as he is in himself?
These longstanding questions have been addressed by Christian theologians throughout the church's history. Some, such as Thomas Aquinas, have argued that we know God through both natural and supernatural revelation, while others, especially Karl Barth, have argued that we know God only on the basis of the incarnation. ...
PaperbackWoman of God
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Cindy Bunch
How can you become a woman of God?
Leading you through a series of studies drawn from Old and New Testament passages, Bunch offers Scripture as the best guide to help you develop the traits of a godly woman. She includes sessions on how to be strong, trustworthy, wise, resourceful, forgiving, beautiful, content, confident--and how to claim God's grace when you fall short.
This ten-session ...
Number of Studies: 10
PaperbackResurrection
Living as People of the Risen Lord
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Kristie Berglund
Christ's resurrection changed everything. What does it mean to live in the light of that glorious day? This ten-session LifeGuide® Bible Study explores the role of resurrection in our lives through a survey of both New and Old Testamentpassages. Discover your calling and identity as a child of the risen Lord.For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content ...
Number of Studies: 10
